National Strategic Framework Technical Assistant

National Strategic Framework Technical Assistant
Students Partnership Worldwide (SPW)
Closing date: 18 Apr 2010
Location: United Republic of Tanzania (the)

Intro to SPW:

SPW, a leading Youth-Led International Development Agency, has over 20 years experience of implementing internationally-recognised programmes across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. SPW’s unique methodology places young people in a position to address the urgent issues that affect their lives, specifically Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), Livelihood Opportunities & Gender Equality. Increasingly, SPW’s work has extended beyond programming to include work in the areas of Advocacy and Capacity Building.

Placement:

Technical Assistant to support SPW Tanzania in the documentation, dissemination and roll out of its National Strategic Framework

Duration:

April – October 2010 (with the possibility of extension to December 2010. Specific dates TBA)

Location: Tanzania

Placement Context:

In partnership with the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, SPW Tanzania has worked with communities in the Iringa and Mbeya regions for the past nine years and with youth in the urban centres of Dar es Salaam. SPW has also expanded to Ruvuma region in 2008/2009.

SPW Tanzania’s programmes have experienced mass expansion due to major
strategic funding being secured. In 2009 SPW Tanzania went through a strategic review process which fed into the formation of a National Strategic Framework for SPW Tanzania. The process also involves the development of an operational plan and the documentation and roll out of the strategic framework.

SPW Tanzania is therefore looking for a qualified and motivated individual to support in the documentation and roll out of its National Strategic Framework.

Person Specification:

- Qualified and experienced in strategy documentation and dissemination
- Ability to operationalise strategic frameworks and their roll out
- Ability to document and plan a dissemination process
- An interest and commitment to International Development and the leading role of young people in development
- Fluent written and spoken English
- High level of motivation and ability to work independently as well as part of a team
- Ability to adapt easily and quickly to a new environment
- Belief in the values of SPW and ability to uphold them personally

Key Deliverables:

- Working with SPW Tanzania’s Management Committee (MC), develop a plan for the documentation, launch and dissemination of the National Strategic Framework
- Conduct staff workshops on strategic positioning and develop a National Strategic Framework roll out plan, including developing a user-friendly version (PR) of the National Strategic Framework
- Support the SPW Tanzania’s MC and Country Director in operationalising the National Strategy Framework, including developing an operational plan
- Working with the Monitoring & Evaluation Unit, develop a plan for linking the National Strategic Framework objectives to key programme areas in order to measure impact

Accommodation, flights, allowances:

Flights, Allowances and Accommodation offered by SPW Tanzania
How to apply
Please return completed SPW Technical Assistant Application Form to beth.goodey@spw.org

Closing date for applications:
Sunday 18th April, 12am (GMT)

View / Download PDFs:
Application Form - www.spw.org/pdf/ApplicationForm-Tanzania.doc
Terms of Reference - www.spw.org/pdf/TZ NSF TA ToR.pdf

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Advocacy & Campaigns Technical Assistant

Advocacy & Campaigns Technical Assistant
Students Partnership Worldwide (SPW)
Closing date: 18 Apr 2010
Location: United Republic of Tanzania (the)

Intro to SPW:

SPW, a leading Youth-Led International Development Agency, has over 20 years experience of implementing internationally-recognised programmes across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. SPW’s unique methodology places young people in a position to address the urgent issues that affect their lives, specifically Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), Livelihood Opportunities & Gender Equality. Increasingly, SPW’s work has extended beyond programming to include work in the areas of Advocacy and Capacity Building.

Placement:

Technical Assistant to develop SPW Tanzania’s Advocacy and Campaigns Strategy

Duration:

April – October 2010 (with the possibility of extension to December 2010. Specific dates TBA)

Location: Tanzania

Placement Context:

In partnership with the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, SPW Tanzania has worked with communities in the Iringa and Mbeya regions for the past nine years and with youth in the urban centres of Dar es Salaam. SPW has also expanded to Ruvuma region in 2008/2009.

SPW Tanzania’s programmes have experienced mass expansion due to securing major strategic funding. As a result, SPW Tanzania is now in a position to further develop in the areas of Advocacy and Campaigns and is looking for an experienced and motivated Advocacy and Campaigns Technical Assistant to support in the development and implementation of SPW Tanzania’s Advocacy and Campaigns strategy.

Person Specification:

- Strong understanding and experience of Advocacy and Campaigns work
- Experience of the development and/or implementation of a key advocacy and
campaigns strategy or equivalent relevant experience
- An interest and commitment to International Development and the leading role of young people in development
- Fluent written and spoken English
- High level of motivation and ability to work independently as well as part of a team
- Ability to adapt easily and quickly to a new environment
- Belief in the values of SPW and ability to uphold them personally

Key Deliverables:

- Working with SPW Tanzania’s management committee, develop SPW Tanzania’s
Advocacy and Campaigns strategy
- Develop and run staff capacity building workshops in the areas of Advocacy and
Campaigns in line with SPW Tanzania’s strategy
- Lead in the implementation of the Advocacy and Campaigns strategy
- Working with the Monitoring and Evaluation Unit, develop a monitoring and evaluation framework for the strategy
- Develop an operational plan for Advocacy and Campaigns, specifically developing key activities and timelines
- Ensure that the Advocacy and Campaigns strategy links in directly with SPW Tanzania’s overall strategic plan and is incorporated into programme implementation
- Coordinate SPW Tanzania’s policy and advocacy work

Accommodation, flights, allowances:

Flights, Allowances and Accommodation offered by SPW Tanzania
How to apply
Please return completed SPW Technical Assistant Application Form to beth.goodey@spw.org

Closing date for applications:
Sunday 18th April, 12am (GMT)

View / Download PDFs:
Application Form - www.spw.org/pdf/ApplicationForm-Tanzania.doc
Terms of Reference - www.spw.org/pdf/TZ Advocacy & Campaigns TA ToR.pdf

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Capacity Building Technical Assistant

Students Partnership Worldwide (SPW)
Closing date: 18 Apr 2010
Location: United Republic of Tanzania (the)

Intro to SPW:
SPW, a leading Youth-Led International Development Agency, has over 20 years experience of implementing internationally-recognised programmes across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. SPW’s unique methodology places young people in a position to address the urgent issues that affect their lives, specifically Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), Livelihood Opportunities & Gender Equality. Increasingly, SPW’s work has extended beyond programming to include work in the areas of Advocacy and Capacity Building.

Placement:
Capacity Building Technical Assistant

Duration:
April – October 2010 (with the possibility of extension to December 2010. Specific dates TBA)

Location:
Tanzania

Placement Context:
In partnership with the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, SPW Tanzania has worked with communities in the Iringa and Mbeya regions for the past nine years and with youth in the urban centres of Dar es Salaam. SPW has also expanded to Ruvuma region in 2008/2009.

SPW Tanzania’s programmes have experienced mass expansion due to securing major strategic funding. Due to the growth and expansion of the organisation, there is a need to strengthen SPW Tanzania’s internal systems which involves the capacity building and development of all SPW Tanzania’s staff. Key focus areas include: performance management systems and the training and development of SPW Tanzania staff and interns. In addition, the development of a capacity building strategy, to enable SPW Tanzania to train and build the capacity of CBOs in areas of
organisational development, finance, fundraising, leadership and management.

SPW Tanzania is therefore looking for a qualified and motivated training and capacity
building expert to take the lead in the area of staff, as well as partners, training and
capacity building.

Person Specification:
• Qualified and experienced in staff training and capacity building, as well as in
organisational development
• Ability to identify, develop and conduct a tailored staff capacity building and training programme
• Ability to develop a plan and conduct a stakeholder organisational training and capacity building programme
• An interest and commitment to International Development and the leading role of young people in development
• Fluent written and spoken English
• High level of motivation and ability to work independently as well as part of a team
• Ability to adapt easily and quickly to a new environment
• Belief in the values of SPW and ability to uphold them personally

Key Deliverables:
• Working with SPW Tanzania’s Management Committee (MC), identify key staff training and capacity building areas, including setting up a core competencies framework and conducting a staff skills gap analysis
• Review and re-launch SPW Tanzania’s performance management framework, including running staff workshops in objective setting and rolling out performance management within SPW Tanzania
• Develop a staff training and capacity building framework for internal, as well as external, staff training
• Support SPW Tanzania’s MC in setting minimum standards for partner capacity building programme
• Lead in the development and implementation of a plan for training and capacity building of partner CBOs
• Working with the Monitoring and Evaluation Unit, develop a plan for assessing the
impact of SPW Tanzania’s capacity building programme

Accommodation, flights, allowances:
Flights, Allowances and Accommodation offered by SPW Tanzania
How to apply
Please return completed SPW Technical Assistant Application Form to beth.goodey@spw.org

Closing date for applications:
Sunday 18th April, 12am (GMT)

View / Download PDFs:
Application Form - www.spw.org/pdf/Application Form.pdf
Terms of Reference - www.spw.org/pdf/TZ Capacity Building TA ToR.pdf

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Advocacy & Campaigns Technical Assistant

Students Partnership Worldwide (SPW)
Closing date: 18 Apr 2010
Location: United Republic of Tanzania (the)

Intro to SPW:
SPW, a leading Youth-Led International Development Agency, has over 20 years experience of implementing internationally-recognised programmes across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. SPW’s unique methodology places young people in a position to address the urgent issues that affect their lives, specifically Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), Livelihood Opportunities & Gender Equality. Increasingly, SPW’s work has extended beyond programming to include work in the areas of Advocacy and Capacity Building.

Placement:
Technical Assistant to develop SPW Tanzania’s Advocacy and Campaigns Strategy

Duration:
April – October 2010 (with the possibility of extension to December 2010. Specific dates TBA)

Location:
Tanzania

Placement Context:
In partnership with the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, SPW Tanzania has worked with communities in the Iringa and Mbeya regions for the past nine years and with youth in the urban centres of Dar es Salaam. SPW has also expanded to Ruvuma region in 2008/2009.

SPW Tanzania’s programmes have experienced mass expansion due to securing major strategic funding. As a result, SPW Tanzania is now in a position to further develop in the areas of Advocacy and Campaigns and is looking for an experienced and motivated Advocacy and Campaigns Technical Assistant to support in the development and implementation of SPW Tanzania’s Advocacy and Campaigns strategy.

Person Specification:
- Strong understanding and experience of Advocacy and Campaigns work
- Experience of the development and/or implementation of a key advocacy and
campaigns strategy or equivalent relevant experience
- An interest and commitment to International Development and the leading role of young people in development
- Fluent written and spoken English
- High level of motivation and ability to work independently as well as part of a team
- Ability to adapt easily and quickly to a new environment
- Belief in the values of SPW and ability to uphold them personally

Key Deliverables:
- Working with SPW Tanzania’s management committee, develop SPW Tanzania’s
Advocacy and Campaigns strategy
- Develop and run staff capacity building workshops in the areas of Advocacy and
Campaigns in line with SPW Tanzania’s strategy
- Lead in the implementation of the Advocacy and Campaigns strategy
- Working with the Monitoring and Evaluation Unit, develop a monitoring and evaluation framework for the strategy
- Develop an operational plan for Advocacy and Campaigns, specifically developing key activities and timelines
- Ensure that the Advocacy and Campaigns strategy links in directly with SPW Tanzania’s overall strategic plan and is incorporated into programme implementation
- Coordinate SPW Tanzania’s policy and advocacy work

Accommodation, flights, allowances:
Flights, Allowances and Accommodation offered by SPW Tanzania
How to apply
Please return completed SPW Technical Assistant Application Form to beth.goodey@spw.org

Closing date for applications:
Sunday 18th April, 12am (GMT)

View / Download PDFs:
Application Form - www.spw.org/pdf/Application Form.pdf
Terms of Reference - www.spw.org/pdf/TZ Advocacy & Campaigns TA ToR.pdf

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National Strategic Framework Technical Assistant

Students Partnership Worldwide (SPW)
Closing date: 18 Apr 2010
Location: United Republic of Tanzania (the)

Intro to SPW:
SPW, a leading Youth-Led International Development Agency, has over 20 years experience of implementing internationally-recognised programmes across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. SPW’s unique methodology places young people in a position to address the urgent issues that affect their lives, specifically Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), Livelihood Opportunities & Gender Equality. Increasingly, SPW’s work has extended beyond programming to include work in the areas of Advocacy and Capacity Building.

Placement:
Technical Assistant to support SPW Tanzania in the documentation, dissemination and roll out of its National Strategic Framework

Duration:
April – October 2010 (with the possibility of extension to December 2010. Specific dates TBA)

Location:
Tanzania

Placement Context:
In partnership with the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, SPW Tanzania has worked with communities in the Iringa and Mbeya regions for the past nine years and with youth in the urban centres of Dar es Salaam. SPW has also expanded to Ruvuma region in 2008/2009.

SPW Tanzania’s programmes have experienced mass expansion due to major
strategic funding being secured. In 2009 SPW Tanzania went through a strategic review process which fed into the formation of a National Strategic Framework for SPW Tanzania. The process also involves the development of an operational plan and the documentation and roll out of the strategic framework.

SPW Tanzania is therefore looking for a qualified and motivated individual to support in the documentation and roll out of its National Strategic Framework.

Person Specification:
- Qualified and experienced in strategy documentation and dissemination
- Ability to operationalise strategic frameworks and their roll out
- Ability to document and plan a dissemination process
- An interest and commitment to International Development and the leading role of young people in development
- Fluent written and spoken English
- High level of motivation and ability to work independently as well as part of a team
- Ability to adapt easily and quickly to a new environment
- Belief in the values of SPW and ability to uphold them personally

Key Deliverables:
- Working with SPW Tanzania’s Management Committee (MC), develop a plan for the documentation, launch and dissemination of the National Strategic Framework
- Conduct staff workshops on strategic positioning and develop a National Strategic Framework roll out plan, including developing a user-friendly version (PR) of the National Strategic Framework
- Support the SPW Tanzania’s MC and Country Director in operationalising the National Strategy Framework, including developing an operational plan
- Working with the Monitoring & Evaluation Unit, develop a plan for linking the National Strategic Framework objectives to key programme areas in order to measure impact

Accommodation, flights, allowances:
Flights, Allowances and Accommodation offered by SPW Tanzania
How to apply
Please return completed SPW Technical Assistant Application Form to beth.goodey@spw.org

Closing date for applications:
Sunday 18th April, 12am (GMT)

View / Download PDFs:
Application Form - www.spw.org/pdf/Application Form.pdf
Terms of Reference - www.spw.org/pdf/TZ NSF TA ToR.pdf

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Technical Advisor - Malaria Prevention

MENTOR Initiative
The MENTOR Initiative is a “not for profit”, charitable, non-governmental organisation devoted to reducing death and suffering from malaria in humanitarian crises. The MENTOR Initiative is currently providing ongoing emergency support to the most vulnerable communities in Haiti, Liberia, Angola, Kenya, Somalia, the Central African Republic and Eastern and Southern Chad.
Closing date: 13 Apr 2010
Location: Central African Republic (the)

Location: Based in Bangui - with regular travel to other areas
Reporting to: Country Director (CD) and Technical Director (HQ) for technical matters
Start Date: Immediately
Duration: 8 months
Fee Structure: 3500-4000 USD / month; In country living allowance 17 USD / day; comprehensive insurance; shared accommodation and flights included.

The Technical Advisor will be providing technical support to MOH, Unicef and their partners for the country-wide distribution of 1.000.000 Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLIN) provided by Global Fund.

Specific Tasks:

Develop distribution strategy
- Support UNICEF and MOH to reinforce technical co-ordination mechanisms and meeting with partners for LLIN campaign planning at national and regional level.
- Provide technical advice to UNICEF, MoH, WHO and NGOs/FBOs to support them to develop an effective national strategy for identifying the priority areas, designing an effective and standardised LLIN and IEC campaign delivery approach that all partners can deliver in the allocated target areas.
- Provide MoH and partners with LLIN campaign management tools to standardise the logistics and HR needed to ensure an efficient LLIN campaign implementation.

IEC / BCC
- Provide IEC/BCC materials and technical advice to ensure an efficient LLINs education campaign nationally and locally through partners in campaign sites prior to, during and after distribution of LLINs.

Training
- Coordinate with UNICEF and implement technical training in LLIN distribution (in accordance to the national strategy agreed) at national and local level to reinforce the technical capacity of MoH and it’s implementing partners.
- Train partners in standardised LLIN coverage mapping and support them to accurately report using standardised report templates.

M & E
- Reinforce the MoH to ensure regular technical support to, and supervision of, MoH LLIN distribution partners and teams at the local level to reinforce distribution micro-planning and standardised implementation methods and monitor the transparency of the national LLNs campaign.
- Reinforce MoH and partners capacity at local level to conduct standardised follow on surveys of LLIN coverage, usage, and condition within 8 months of the distributions.

Data analysis / report writing
- Support the MOH in campaign data collection, collation, analysis and production of campaign reports.
- Responsible for disseminating relevant activity reports externally and internally

This agreement includes the option of transfer to another MENTOR programme in a similar role within the period of the agreement.

Essential requirements
- Fluent in both FRENCH and ENGLISH
- Masters in Public Health, Epidemiology or a similar field
- Proven experience in successful planning and implementing large scale LLIN distributions
- Experience conducting training and coaching and eliciting community participation.
- Experience with and willing to work in insecure environments and to travel daily to field sites.
- Experience of developing and maintaining relationships with other NGOs, government and other relevant stakeholders.
- At least 2 years of overseas experience working with health programmes
- Excellent interpersonal and consultative skills, including the ability to communicate, present, negotiate and influence a variety of audiences
- Theoretical and practical knowledge of data analysis, operational research and report writing.
How to apply
Please send CV, motivation letter, and complete contact information of three line manager references to personnel@mentor-initiative.net

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Technical Adviser on Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

Job Title : Technical Adviser on Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
Source : The Guardian, August 17, 2009
Requirements : Degree in mass communication, public relations or other relevant discipline
Job Description :Support DMIS in developing and implementing MIS in PMO-RALG, RSs and LGAs consistent with D by D approaches to improve the delivery of public services and increase LGA efficiency, accountability and effectiveness
Full Address : Agriteam, Canada Consulting Ltd, P.O. Box 32658, Dar es Salaam
Email Applications: employment@agriteam.ca
Closing Date : 26/Aug/2009

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Technical Advisor

Job Title : Technical Advisor - Care and Treatment

Source : Daily News, February 18, 2009

Requirements : Masters in public health or other masters in an asset

Job Description : Work with the associate technical director to ensure proper communication with the care and treatment program partners and sites for smooth and effective project implementation

Apply To : Human Resource Manager

Full Address : EGPAF,
P.O. Box 1628,
Dar es Salaam
Email Applications: recruitment.tanzania@pedaids.org

Closing Date : 27/Feb/2009

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